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Art Institute of Chicago

13,158 works

Painting of a sunlit, moss-covered rock outcrop rising among dark forest trees, with white wildflowers in the foreground.

Study of Rocks in Pearson's Ravine

Asher Brown Durand, Mid-1850s

A Woman at the Élysée Montmartre (Femme à l’Élysée Montmartre)

Louis Anquetin, 1888

Tibetan scroll painting of a seated Buddhist figure with guardian attendants, cranes and lotus pond, mounted in brocade.

Patron Hvashang, Attendant to the Sixteen Arhats (Elders), from a Seven-Part Set

Unknown artist, 19th century

Venus pours a healing light on the wounded Aeneas while Cupid and an older man attend him in a cloudy landscape.

Venus Healing Aeneas

Merry-Joseph Blondel, c. 1820

Paris

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, c. 1787

Tibetan thangka showing seated and standing arhats in a landscape with bamboo, mountains, a dragon, and waves.

Arhats (Elders) Angaja, Vanavasin, Vajriputra, and Kanakavatsa, from a Seven-Part Set Portraying the Sixteen Arhats

Unknown artist, 19th century

Oval miniature portrait of a young man in a dark coat and blue waistcoat, with sailing ships in the background.

Portrait of Samuel Armitage

Thomas Birch, c. 1840

Half-length portrait of a red-haired woman with a white headband and golden shawl against a dark background.

Helen

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, c. 1787

Tibetan painting on cloth of four seated arhats with haloes, a leopard, and birds in a mountain landscape with flowering tree

Arhats (Elders) Bakula, Chudapantaka, Pantaka, and Gopala, from a Seven-Part Set Portraying the Sixteen Arhats

Unknown artist, 19th century

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman in a white wig, brown coat and orange waistcoat, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

J. Lacon, c. 1740

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, blue eyes and white dress against a pale blue background, in a gold fram

Portrait of a Woman in White Dress

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Tibetan scroll painting of a robed figure with a tiger, Buddhist deities in clouds, and a seated Buddha in a landscape.

Upasaka Dharmatala, Lay Devotee to the Sixteen Arhats (Elders), from a Seven-Part Set

Unknown artist, 19th century

Painting of a haloed friar kneeling before a seated pope as monks and cardinals watch in a green-walled interior.

Saint Francis before the Pope (The Approva of the Franciscan Rule)

Spinello Aretino, 1390

Standing bearded saint with an axe rests a hand on a kneeling donor in white robes before a brick wall and gilded arch.

Saint Matthias (?) and a Donor (recto); Saint Andrew (verso)

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, c. 1520

Tibetan scroll painting of a seated Buddhist master in red robes with a green halo, flowers and clouds behind, and attendants

Indian Buddhist Master Shantarakshita (725-788 CE), Included with a Seven-Part Set of the Sixteen Arhats (Elders)

Unknown artist, 19th century

Gold-framed medieval panel of Christ crucified with angels and kneeling figures in red and gold robes below.

Christ on the Living Cross

Follower of the Master of Saint Veronica, c. 1420

Panel painting of Saint Peter with keys and book beside a veiled donor in black before a brick wall, c. 1520.

Saint Peter and a Donor (recto); Saint Thomas (verso)

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, c. 1520

Painting of a seated woman with a boy holding grapes, a dog and a white hen, and two men behind a rock ledge.

Pastoral Scene

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1740

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, with the young Saint John the Baptist kneeling beside them under citrus tree

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Antonio da Correggio, c. 1515

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearls and a blue gown, set in an ornate gold oval brooch frame.

Portrait of Elizabeth Patterson (?)

After Bernhard de Guérard, 19th century

Seated official in blue dragon robe and red hat before an ink landscape screen, Qing dynasty painting.

Portrait of an Official

Gu Jianlong, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 17th century

Painted crucifix of Christ with crown of thorns and halo, with the Virgin on a crescent moon below.

Crucifixion

María Josefa Sánchez, 1646

Embroidered portrait of a woman in a yellow gown with a child beside her, with a flower vase and green drapery behind.

Portrait of the Princess di Ottaiano and her son Carlo

Embroidered by Princess Isabella Albertini de Medici di Ottaiano, 1814

Painting of a boy in a feathered hat blowing on a glowing firebrand beside candles, lit against a dark background.

A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand

Gerard van Honthorst, 1621-22

Hanging scroll of a woman in black kimono and wide hat with wisteria blossoms and red fronds, in a patterned silk mount.

Wisteria Maiden

Unknown artist, c.1725

Hanging scroll of a crescent moon above pine branches and red maple leaves on a rock, painted on silk.

Moon, Pine and Maple

Tawaraya Sōri, c. 1764-81

Portrait of a young man in a red embroidered doublet holding a gold medallion, against a dark red background.

Francesco de' Medici

Attributed to Alessandro Allori, c. 1560

Hanging scroll of a woman in a floral green kimono turning her head, with long black hair and a gold background.

Beauty Turning Her Head

Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1685-94

Painting of a stone staircase leading to a sunlit doorway, framed by gnarled trees and mossy rocks in a shaded garden.

Staircase in the Park of Villa Chigi di Ariccia

Alexandre Calame, 1844-1845

Woman in white and gold drapery holds a skull beside books, a globe, and an hourglass in a dim study.

Melancholia

Domenico Fetti, c. 1615